So rumors of lack of love amongst the Toxic Twins continue to swirl. It’s no secret that Aerosmith’s future has been unstable to say the least with Steven Tyler allegedly relapsing (again);  Joe Perry talking smack about it; Steven Tyler inking a deal to be the next judge on “American Idol”; the band almost splitting up (again). And now a hip check into the crowd?

TMZ posted video of the band’s show Tuesday night in Toronto and it appears that a playful Tyler gave Perry a little booty bump. Innocent enough. Then Perry backed up across the stage and returned the bump to Tyler. Unfortunately, Tyler wasn’t looking and was a little close to the edge of the stage,  and leaning over towards the fans, resulting in him landing in gen pop and Perry strolling on down the stage.

TMZ made it sound as if it were a vicious hit reserved for the ice rink. I watched this at least a half a dozen times and I gotta say it looks like an accident to me. Granted, Perry did bump him and he fell into the crowd. But it wasn’t a malicious full body cross check. I think it just caught Tyler off guard and off balance. Simple as that. Plus the fact that landed on his feet and when Perry turned around and noticed Tyler was down in the pit he came back and helped him back up to the stage.

Seems to me TMZ is making a mountain out of a mole hill here.

Check out what TMZ posted about it and judge for yourself.

Five Finger Death Punch made their network television debut last night by performing on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” on late night ABC. You can check out their performance of the Bad Company cover, “Bad Company” right here!

I’ve always had good Friday the 13ths. Nothing bad happens, in fact usually they bring good things and good news my way.

But others might not enjoy the day as much as I do. After all it is considered the most superstitious day on the calendar. But why?

Here’s some Friday the 13th Facts for you:

FRIDAY THE 13th SUPERSTITIONS:

• The curses that surround Friday the 13th range from sailors and fishermen being wary of going out to sea to beliefs that hearing any piece of news on the day would add a wrinkle to your face.
• In 1913, New York pastor Charles Reynolds even offered to marry couples for free, if they dared to challenge the superstitions.
• An extreme superstition is that if you have 13 people who sit down to a meal together, all will die within a year.
• Throughout history, many of the world’s most notorious killers have had exactly 13 letters in their names, such as Jack the Ripper, Jeffrey Dahmer, Theodore Bundy, and Charles Manson.
• Throughout history, May 13th has seen Pope John Paul II shot and seriously wounded in Rome in 1981, Vice-President Richard Nixon attacked in Latin America in 1958, and Winston Churchill promising Parliament “to wage war, by sea, land and air with all our might and strength that God can give” in 1940.
• Finally, in 1993, a study in the British Medical Journal concluded that the “risk of a transport accident on Friday the 13th may be increased by as much as 52% and that staying at home was recommended.”

(Source: Mail & Guardian Online)

FRIDAY THE 13th ODDITIES:

• More than 80 percent of high-rises lack a 13th floor.
• Many airports skip the 13th gate.
• Some airplanes have no 13th row of seats.
• Hospitals and hotels regularly have no room number 13.
• Italians omit the number 13 from their national lottery.
• On streets in Florence, Italy, the house between number 12 and 14 is addressed as 12 and a half.
• Many cities do not have a 13th Street or a 13th Avenue.
• In France, socialites known as the quatorziens (fourteeners) once made themselves available as 14th guests to keep a dinner party from an unlucky fate.
• If you have 13 letters in your name, you will have the devil’s luck. Jack the Ripper, Charles Manson, Jeffrey Dahmer, Theodore Bundy, and Albert De Salvo all have 13 letters in their names.

You've been hearing the song for weeks now. You've probably have heard or figured out by listening that the song is about what is happening to our world.

Now see how Disturbed sees it.

Powerful to say the least.

Disturbed is prepping to kick off the Rockstar Engery UPROAR Tour on the 17th. The tour features Disturbed, Avenged Sevenfold, Stone Sour, Halestorm, & Hellyeah. You can check the tour at Westfair Ampitheatre in Council Bluffs on 8/20.

Check out the new album, "Asylum", when it hits stores on 8/31.

So the rumors are running wild about the next phase of American Idol. I will admit that I am not a big fan of the show. In fact I watch the auditions for a few nights because I find humor in it and then I’m done.

But it’s hard not to know what’s going on with the show when it’s all anyone ever talks about.  Paula Abdul was out, Ellen DeGeneres was in. Now, Simon Cowell, creator and meanie from hell is out, and the other judge, Kara DeoGuardi is now rumored to be done too. So who replaces them? Jennifer Lopez’s name has been tossed around. So has Chris Isaak. And now Steven Tyler.

Wait, what? Steven Tyler of Aerosmith Steven Tyler? Steven Tyler who alleged quit Aerosmith because he wanted to go sol, then went to rehab to get himself together again and then went back to Aerosmith like it ain’t no big thing? Yup, the very same Steven Tyler could now become a judge on American Idol.

Tyler said in a recent interview with Billboard:  “This beautiful girl from Fox came up to me and made an offer. I honored her offer. . . and it’s just a work in progress. They mentioned it and I listened, and we’re on tour, so I gotta give it some time.”

Yet on Saturday night (July 31st) while in Las Vegas, Tyler was caught by TMZ’s cameras as saying, “I’m probably going to be a judge on American Idol. I’m doing it. What do you think? I’m doing it.”

As far as what type of judge he would be he told Billboard: “I would be honest to the ones that think they have it, and I would be truthful in the sense that if, to those that have it, they don’t have it yet enough. And I would tell them exactly why, as I see it.”

I have no clue what to think about this. I can’t keep up with Mr. Tyler and his adventures. I can say that IF he does take the gig, I may watch a few more episodes to see what he has to say. I mean, he comes from the rock n roll world and might have some fun things to say to all the pop star wanna bes. Who knows, could be fun. Plus, if Bret Michaels can judge two seasons of “Nashville Star”…a country version of AI…why the hell not! I just think he needs to decide where his priorities lie. Is Aerosmith still kicking or is he going to be sittin at the judges table. Aerosmith have obviously had trouble keeping their collective s**t together and they aren’t getting any younger. Touring is very demanding physically. Being an AI judge would be a great retirement gig, I’m just saying.

Sounds like I should say Ze quoi? The what? Actually this isn’t French at all. Not as far as I can tell anyway.  It is however super adorable.

It’s called a Zedonk and it’s a cross between a Zebra and a Donkey. Two species who don’t normally mate but apparently decided to defy the laws of nature at the Chestatee Wildlife Preserve in Lumpkin County, GA.

Too cute isn’t she? She’s got daddy’s legs and face, ears, mane and body of momma. She apparently sits up like dad too as if on alert for predators as opposed to chilling and laying down like mom might.

This animal is so rare the director of the preserve said this is the first zedonk born there in over 40 years.

HALESTORM had their television debut last night performing on “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” They perfomed their new single, “The Familiar Taste of Poison” from the self-titled debut album and they killed it!!! Check it out for yourself!

Disturbed has revealed the complete track list for the band’s upcoming fifth studio album, Asylum:

·         Remnants

·         Asylum

·         The Infection

·         Warrior

·         Another Way to Die

·         Never Again

·         The Animal

·         Crucified

·         Serpentine

·         My Child

·         Sacrifice

·         Innocence

Aside from 12 new tracks, there will also be an hour-long documentary covering the band’s  career over the last decade.

The members of Disturbed wrote Asylum in separate places, with singer David Draiman in his adopted home of Austin, Texas, and drummer Mike Wengren and guitarist Dan Donegan in Chicago. Wengren told us that the distance didn’t impact the band at all:

“We’ve been playing together for so long, even when we’re apart, I think we already have in mind what each other is going to probably be doing. And, you know, when I come up with my own drum part, I’m always thinking, ‘Well, this is something that David could be probably doing rhythmically with his vocal delivery or vice versa. It’s always in the back of our heads, so it really didn’t impede any progress at all.”

The band will spearhead the inaugural Rockstar Energy Drink Uproar Tour which makes a stop at the Westfair Ampitheatre in Council Bluffs on August 20. Avenged Sevenfold, Stone Sour, Halestorm, HellYeah, Airbourne, Hail the Villan & New Medicine are also on the bill.

Asylum will hit the store shelves on August 31^st.

What does Ozzy Like? Well how about a sneak peek inside his home?  Thanks to SPIN magazine you get to see where Ozzy spends much of his time in his new LA home. Check it out!

Check out the video tour here!

I heard about this and thought this just might be the most ridiculous thing EVER! Upset over the distracting brightness? Ok, maybe. But ARRESTING them? Really? Read on….

Orange ‘Dutchy’ Dresses Wreak World Cup Havoc, Causing Arrests and TV Star’s Firing

Orange you glad you didn’t wear orange to the Netherlands vs. Denmark World Cup match?

Two women have been arrested and ITV sports presenter/former footballer Robbie Earle has been fired after 36 women turned up to Monday’s match in South Africa wearing bright orange “Dutchy” minidresses — because FIFA officials claim it was all part of an unauthorized beer promotion, the Daily Telegraph reports.

Dutch beer brand Bavaria reportedly handed out the garish gowns (ironically resembling prison uniforms) ahead of the match, but FIFA — which is working solely with beer sponsor Budweiser — is accusing the company of hiring South African models to wear the gowns as part of a guerilla marketing ploy, according to the paper.

“It looked quite premeditated –- someone paid them money, bought their tickets and sent them in there,” a police source told the Daily Telegraph.

Earle was reportedly axed from ITV after the women’s tickets were traced back to his allocated “friends and family” package, though he is denying that he has any connection to Bavaria.

The group of women reportedly claim that they were asked to leave the stadium, and were then forcibly ejected and detained for three hours while officials allegedly told them they could face six months in prison for the stunt.

(Ladies, ladies — no Sunkist orange frock is worth jail time.)

“In the second half, about 40 stewards surrounded us and forced us to leave the stadium,” detainee Barbara Kastein told the paper. “They pushed us up the stairs, and one of the girls fell.

“The police came and kept on asking us the same questions over and over, asking if we worked for Bavaria. They said we were ambush-marketing and it was against the law in South Africa.

“They said we would be arrested and would stay in jail for six months. Girls were crying. It was bad.

“They said they would sue me. All of this for wearing an orange dress.”

Kastein claims that she and her friends were merely supporting the Dutch team in a dress inspired by Dutch WAG Sylvie van der Vaart.

Now, two of the women have been arrested this morning and will be charged for their involvement, the paper reports.

Bavaria, which reportedly pulled a similar stunt at the 2006 World Cup, which resulted in fans wearing Bavaria orange-branded lederhosen to sit in their undies or leave the stadium, claims it is all a big misunderstanding.

“[People] should have the right to wear what they want,” Bavaria spokesman Peer Swinkels told the Daily Telegraph.

“The Dutch people are a little crazy about orange and we wear it on public holidays and events like the World Cup.

“This time we put no branding on the dress. And Fifa don’t have a monopoly over orange.”

Goodness! Who needs goals and red cards with this kind of off-the-field drama?

Ok, I realize South Africa probably doesn’t have the same culture and etiquette and even rights established as we have in America. But this is absurd! I understand that Budweiser…an AMERICAN beer, is its sole beer sponsor. But really? ARRESTED because they THINK it was a guerilla marketing tactic? Even if it was, it wasn’t like they jumped the fence and got into a World Cup game for free. The tickets were purchased legally and distributed to these ladies to look lovely in orange and yes, stand out and PERHAPS be a subtle, yet very luminous representative of another beer. But that Beer Company can hardly rival Budweiser can it?

Look at it this way: It would be like if you showed up to let’s say, oh, a Hawkeyes road game wearing all gold and being told if you didn’t leave you’d be arrested. 

Beer company stunt or not, without solid evidence, this is simply a group of women, even if they’re South African models, who support the Dutch in the World Cup and show their support by wearing the Dutchy Orange.

Be distracted, be upset, hell be as pisssed as a bull who sees a red cape. But to endanger the lives of these women and have them arrested because of their fashion choice? Very unsportsmanlike conduct, FIFA. Very unsportsmanlike indeed.